Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history.
The story of Black History Month begins in 1915, half a century after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
That September, the Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson and the prominent minister Jesse E. Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), an organization dedicated to researching and promoting achievements by Black Americans and other peoples of African descent.
Known today as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), the group sponsored a national Negro History week in 1926, choosing the second week of February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The event inspired schools and communities nationwide to organize local celebrations, establish history clubs and host performances and lectures.
In the decades that followed, mayors of cities across the country began issuing yearly proclamations recognizing Negro History Week. By the late 1960s, thanks in part to the civil rights movement and a growing awareness of Black identity, Negro History Week had evolved into Black History Month on many college campuses.
President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, calling upon the public to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.”
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See, too much ankle-support is how you wind up with weak ankles. It’s a paradox.
What you want to do, if you think about it, is get sandals. Like Socrates. And then socks if it’s cold, also like Socrates
The problem with socks and sandals is that there are only three looks...
Philosopher
Dork
Cool. If you are young and attractive - you are a young and attractive person with a very odd but provocative taste in footwear.
If you're a real one, you just rock a barrel like Diogenes
I think this has been shown experimentally to be untrue. The Israelis sent a bunch of grunts through basic, half in combat boots and half in sneakers, and observed no measurable different in ankle injuries.
I like combat boots because your boots are significantly less likely to be knocked off your feet when you get hit. There's nothing more embarrassing in a street fight than getting knocked out of your boots.